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Dealing with topics such as love in all of its forms, including the acceptance of one’s own sexuality, diversity in general and facing problems that teenagers face everyday, it is pretty clear that this TVShow became a phenomenon. The Glee sensation is deeply rooted in the identification that the audience is able to create with the characters.

Me and my colleagues had the chance to speak to the adorable Lea Michele at her press conference yesterday. What a lovely girl.

649 are the songs that the Glee cast sang in the 5 seasons. But you are also a musician and a music fan in general, so if you could have an ipod with just a few songs from Glee or your album Louder, which one would you chose?

“ So, I’ll just pick from Glee to make it easier. I love so many songs from the show, I would definitely pick Don’t stop believing, Don’t rain on my parade, I loved… Oh My God they are so many… I loved all the cast numbers that we did in all the series, a bunch from the Madonna episode are my favorite… It’s just so hard to pick a few, it’s like picking which one of your children you love the most, but there are always throughout the seasons, you know, songs that I say ‘they are my favorite’ then I sing a new one and I’m like ‘No, this one is my favorite’. But my favorite of all time is Don’t stop believing and also Don’t rain on my parade as I said. I mean, 649 that’s so many I can’t believe that… I must be very old.” she laughs

“I admire her so much, I don’t think I would be here if she hadn’t existed. She made the way for women who are unique, and I really look up to her. If not my favorite, Funny Girl is one of my favorite movies of all times” Lea informs

Your family is from Naples, Italy. Is this south italian tradition still strong in your family?

“Absolutely. We have sunday dinners and I’m so thankful because my italian family has thought me so much about how to really love. I’m so proud to be italian. Being here and see how kind and loving everybody is, makes me even more proud” admits

How much of your success is due to internet and social network?

“I really think that internet plays a big role. It’s a way for kids all over the world to get access to people that they love and interact with them” she says

We live in the TVShow era, do you watch any series?

“I just love watching TV, I watch everything. So I would come home after a long day of work, turn the TV on and watch a bunch of different stuff” comments

People goes crazy about you. Wherever you go, kids just go wild. Have you ever done something, I wouldn’t say crazy, but at least wild for one of your icons?

“Oh perfect, so you know that now there are more social media involved. For our generation it was hard to know where our idols were going to be. Now with facebook, twitter, you know where the person is so you can go and meet him. For me, I would write like fan letters to people I thought were amazing. You know, most of them were singers, I remember I just loved Alanis Morissette, Barbra of course, but for the most part, I’m more shy than my character, so I just look at them from the far and freak out by myself. But when I did meet Barbra for the first time, I kept it together at the beginning. The moment she walked away I started to hysterical cry” she explains

Your debut was in Broadway when you were 8, how did you keep yourself grounded starting in the show business at that early age?

“It’s a really challenging industry to live in, but for me, if I didn’t have the family that I have, it would have been different. When I’m at work, I’m at my work, when I’m home I’m not an actor, I’m just Lea, my parents’ daughter, my cousins’ relative, I’m who I am. What’s challenging in this industry is that people stop seeing their friends, daughters ad who they really are and they just start see them as the stars they represent. My family never looked at me like that, they see me for who I am and I love to make them proud through my work, but I just love being seen for just myself” she says

What are your future projects?

“I’m currently working on my second book and it’s going to come out in 2015 and it’s 50% done, I’m going to start my next album in a few months and I’m hoping to have that out next year as well. I would like to tour, I was planning to do something overseas this summer, but my summer just got so busy: second album, second book, 6th season of Glee… lots happening”

A lot of great stars featured in Glee with their music, which one was your favorite and the most memorable episode?

“I loved the Madonna tribute, I’m a fan so… The Britney Spears episode was so much fun. But when we did the episode with the music from the Fleetwood Mac, Stivie Nicks came on set and she watched everything we did. No one else has done that, you know, she came to hear her songs being sung, I got to sing her song when she was in the same room and we actually became really good friends” explains

We are approaching the last season of Glee. Rachel’s life has been a roller coaster she had bad moments, great successes. This character is really close to your heart so if it was your choice, what would be the perfect finale for Rachel?

“I feel like so many of her dreams came true, she got to perform on Broadway, she had a great love. I think that what’s next for her and what I would hope for her is just to continue to be happy and always sing and perform because that’s what she loves. But this next season, although I can’t say what is going to happen, it’s very special and it’s exactly how I would imagine the show should end so I think everybody will be very proud. It’s going to be really sad to leave her (Rachel) but it’s been such a pleasure” concludes